United States v. Patrick Ziska
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Patrick Ziska pled guilty to knowingly distributing images of child pornography through peer-to-peer software on his computer. On appeal, Ziska brings a procedural challenge to the district court’s application of USSG § 2G2.2’s two-level enhancement for use of a computer and five-level enhancement for the distribution of child pornography in exchange for the receipt of something of value. Zis-ka also brings a substantive challenge to his sentence, arguing that the district court failed to fully consider his diagnosis of Asperger’s disorder.…
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